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Title: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: kimhughes on Tuesday 11 September 07 18:21 BST (UK)
Would anyone be able to look up a birth of Catherine Pollard born about 1880 +/- 5 years in Halifax Nova Scotia.  Her father was William Charles Pollard.   Or point me in the right direction.  Thanks.  Kim
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 11 September 07 18:28 BST (UK)
www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ has births 1864-77, marriages 1864-1930 & deaths 1864-77 1908-55. (you can view scanned images of the actual records)
www.automatedgenealogy.com has 1901 & 1911 census.
if you don't have any luck let us know as there are other sources that might help.

P.S. if she died in N.S. between above dates and was married check under married surname as certificate should give birthdate, parents, etc.

Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: kimhughes on Wednesday 12 September 07 07:11 BST (UK)
Thank you for your reply but I still can't find her.  Her father was british and they lin 1901 she is back living in uk but census shows she was born in Halifax Nova Scotia.  Is there a census I can access? 
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 12 September 07 13:36 BST (UK)
Don't see her in births (1864-77) either. 'Halifax' can refer to the city, the county or even the area.
1881 Canadian census at www.familysearch.org (but I couldn't see a William Pollard there)

You can try this site:
www.rootsweb.com/~nshalifa/passenger_lists.html
Lots of pages to go through (and link to 1891 census actually takes you to 1901 instead)
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Janice M on Thursday 13 September 07 05:11 BST (UK)
There were only 6 Pollard's in Canada in 1881

Charles T POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Male   
Birth: 1831
Prince Edward Island
 
Harriet POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Female   
Birth: 1831
Nova Scotia
 
Edith M POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Female   
Birth: 1861
Nova Scotia
 
Charles G POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Male   
Birth: 1863
Nova Scotia
 
Kate A POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Female   
Birth: 1866
Nova Scotia
 
Harry POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Male   
Birth: 1868 Nova Scotia

1901 Census
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/

Nova Scotia
Pollard Charles G. 
Pollard Edna 
Pollard George
Pollard Harriot
Pollard Harry 
Pollard Herbert 
Pollard Ida M.   
Pollard W A 

McAlpine's Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71
(I couldn't find them)
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1278

Maybe some of these links can help.

Nova Scotia Genealogy Network
http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/

Nova Scotia Genealogy
http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/nova-scotia.html

Churches and Cemeteries of the Maritimes
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/chancem.htm

Nova Scotia Resources
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/ns.htm

Nova Scotia GenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/

Janice
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: kimhughes on Thursday 13 September 07 09:21 BST (UK)
Thank you for your time and trouble.  Catherine Pollard is on the uk 1901 census but by this time she is married Catherine Blissett but her place of birth says Nova Scotia.  She seems a bit of a mystery but thank you all for your help.  Her father was Captain William Charles Pollard (Merchant Service) - we can't find him either.
Thanks again for all your help.
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Janice M on Friday 14 September 07 02:39 BST (UK)
As her father was in the Merchant Service, you should check in England for her birth, even though she was born in Canada.

Janice
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Pollard on Tuesday 04 October 11 21:51 BST (UK)
Hi This is really for Janice ref post of 2005,

I know that a few years have passed since your posts on the POLLARDS of Nova Scotia. I've hit a real wall...Looking for William Pollard born Nova Scotia 1819/20 perhaps in Halifax. His mother Mary, (nee Strathern or Strathearn) father also William Pollard both Scottish (I think).

Young William, my GGGF 'returned' to Scotland as a young man, married Elizabeth Mcpherson and settled in the Torphicen/Armadale area near to Edinburgh. He in turn had a son William.

Nova Scotia William died at the age of 79/80 years of age and is buried in a 'lair' in Schotts churchyard near to Armadale.

My mother's really getting on now and due to a family glitch knows nothing of her past...can you help?

best wishes
sheila
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Janice M on Tuesday 04 October 11 22:55 BST (UK)
Hi Sheila

There isn't alot of hope in finding a birth record form 1819/1820. You might want to check some of the census transcriptions that are available.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nshalifa/census.html

There are some other links that may help in one of my earlier postings, as well as

Rootschat - Canadian Resources - Nova Scotia

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,224493.0.html

Hope this is of some help.

Janice
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Pollard on Tuesday 04 October 11 23:26 BST (UK)
Hi Janice,

Thanks...I'd already used all your links and trawled through hours of passenger lists and census etc etc.
My problem is ofcourse having little to go on!

I think he may have been born in Halifax this was from a strange reference I found on a scottish census later in his life stating he was born in 'Daridace' which ofcourse does not exist...I have presumed that this was down to a 'bad recorder', misunderstanding the local Scottish accent. 
Thanks for your help though...

I thought I'd made a breakthrough when you said there were only 6 left in 18??, thinking you must be able to take that back a generation or two.
C'est la vie!

Kind regards
Sheila
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Janice M on Wednesday 05 October 11 03:01 BST (UK)
Could he have meant Paradise, Nova Scotia? (Just a thought.)

Paradise is in the Annapolis County.

It might be an idea to ask the Annapolis Valley Regional Library if they could help.
http://www.valleylibrary.ca/

Also Western Counties Regional Library
http://www.westerncounties.ca/index.html

You could also try the Heritage Centre.
http://annapolisheritagesociety.com/genealogy-holdings-histories.html

History of the County of Annapolis
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyo00calnuoft

Acadia University Library
http://library.acadiau.ca/

Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum Archives
http://www.novascotia.com/en/home/discovernovascotia/history/routestoyourroots/archives/default.aspx

You might also want to check the telephone listings for the area.
http://www.canada411.ca/

Not sure if there is much here, but worth a try.
http://news.google.com/newspapers


Janice
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Pollard on Wednesday 05 October 11 09:27 BST (UK)
Cheers Janice...you're a star, i'll be sure to let you know if I have any success!
Title: Re: Birth look up Nova Scotia
Post by: Janice M on Wednesday 05 October 11 22:39 BST (UK)
Good Luck!  :)